25-Year-Old Soda Addict Loses All His Teeth

William Kennewell is just 25 years old. But there's something
unusual about this young Australian: He already wears a full set
of dentures.

The hotel worker had to have all of his teeth removed because
they rotted from drinking too much soda, the self-professed cola
addict tells
Adelaide Now.

Kennewell drank between six and eight liters of sugary sodas each
day, which is equivalent to about 24 cans of the fizzy stuff in a
24-hour period!

There are 39
grams of sugar in one 12 oz can of coke, meaning
Kennewell was bathing his teeth in more than 900 grams of sugar
each day — not to mention consuming more than 3,000 calories a
day in soda (shockingly, Kennewell doesn't look overweight
from his
picture on Adelaide).

Although we can't be sure of Kennewell's oral hygiene
habits (we have to assume they weren't spectacular based on the
evidence that he ignored dentists' warning to kick the soda habit
and now has no teeth), the harmful effects of soft drinks,
especially after excessive and prolonged consumption, can't be
ignored.

According to
Adelaide, Australian researchers are now using Kennewell's story
to rile up support for their campaign to place labels on soft
drinks that warn about the risks of tooth decay.